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INTRODUCTION. 



HHHIS little book aims to be a practical help 
to any one planning for a literary or 

social evening. It is not simply for League 
and Endeavor Societies , but will be found espe- 
cially helpful to those connected with the liter- 
ary and social work of such organizations. 

The need for such a book is real. 

Furthermore, the editors have long felt that 
most hand-books along these lines have failed 
to be of the largest practical value, because too 
vague and general in their information. 

The present book contains many plans that 
have been tried and proved successful. Other 
plans are thoroughly outlined, while, again, 
hints and suggestions only are supplied, allow- 
ing for the exercise of the individual origina- 
tive faculty. 

Of course, the editors are aware of the im- 
perfectness of their book, but venture to submit 
it to the public with the thought that it will be 
of some help to those interested in such work. 



CONTENTS, 



Page 
Introduction, 3 

Hints and Hei*ps, - . - 7 

Pointers, - - - - - - - 13 

Literary Programs, - - - - 15 

Sociai, Evenings, 37 



HINTS AND HELPS. 



The Aim of the Literary Department. 

In the literary work of Young People's So- 
cieties the one in charge generally, or at least 
frequently, makes the mistake of concluding 
that the work is limited to the planning and 
execution of literary evenings. But this is a 
serious mistake. In the course of a year eight 
or ten programs can be planned; but this is, 
after all, only a part of the work. We think 
this work ought to be supplemented — must 
be — if any real interest is to be kept up in the 
literary evenings. 

For example : In rural communities small 
libraries can be started — libraries containing 
choice fiction and readable books. This will 
be genuine missionary work in some regions. 
Then a great service could be rendered if the 
chairman of the Literary Department would 
keep the young people posted on the best maga- 
zine articles for the month. Where there is 

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8 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

a public library, the attention of the young 
people ought to be called to different valuable 
books frequently. 

The work of the Literary Department of 
League or Endeavor Society is to awaken a 
literary interest and to cultivate a literary taste 
among its members. 

This is done by some Leagues, as a corre- 
spondent writes us: 

"Outside of the work of preparing literary 
programs, I would impress upon my com- 
mittee the importance of each member using 
his influence to encourage the reading of good 
literature among his associates, and of dis- 
couraging the use of pernicious literature and 
trash. The members of my committee are all 
persons of literary taste, each one has his own 
little collection of good books and magazines, 
and keeps them loaned nearly all the time 
where they will do most good" 

Besides the plans referred to for arousing 
interest in literary work, it is well to offer 
prizes for original poems, essays, sketches, 
book reviews, and the like. Conduct a local 
newspaper — never to be printed, perhaps, but 
to be read. Have reporters, editors, and 
abundance of local news and "hits." 

This thought of awakening a literary inter- 
est ought to be kept in mind constantly by 
every literary vice-president. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 9 

The Literary Vice-President. 

In view of the aim of the Literary Depart- 
ment, it is clear that the one to be put in 
charge of this important work must have, aside 
from executive ability, good literary taste. 
This latter is of prime importance. It is of 
more importance than a wide knowledge of 
literature, though both are necessary. Along 
with these qualifications there must be a wil- 
lingness to work out ideas and plans — for pro- 
grams do not make themselves — and a good 
supply of patience, as the development of a 
taste for literature among people without a 
natural liking for it is a matter of slow work. 
And remember, that while the successful exe- 
cution of ten programs a year alone calls for 
considerable expense of time, thought, and 
effort, yet the larger aim of the department 
makes larger demands by far upon the one 
in charge. Resourcefulness is a prime requisite 
for the literary vice-president. 

The Program. 

Three words only need to be said as to pro- 
gram-making. They may be spoken as 
"Don'ts." 

i. Do n't make the program too long. Three 
or five numbers may be enough. 



10 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

2. Don't keep a set form, the recitation, 
essay, music, pattern for instance. Vary the 
type of programs used. 

3. Don't present a hodge-podge for a pro- 
gram. Have one idea running throughout 
each program. 

The editors have corresponded with about 
one hundred Epworth League Chapters in se- 
lecting the material for this book; and, while 
some programs submitted by them did not sin 
in any of the particulars above referred to, 
most of them illustrated at least one of these 
three cardinal defects. 

We feel constrained to give one program 
that succeeds in violating all three of the 
principles referred to — brevity, variety, unity. 
It seems impossible, but this program was ac- 
tually given in one of our Churches, in the 
year of our Lord 1902: 

1. Anthem. By Choir,— "He Rolled the Sea 

Away." 

2. Prayer. 

3. Duet. "Mother's Song." 

4. Recitation. "On the Other Train." 

5. Recitation. "The Smack in School." 

6. Quartet. "Sing to Jehovah." 

7. Recitation. "That Old Sled." 

8. Dialogue. "Mary Maloney's Philosophy" 

9. Recitation. "Mother's Song." 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 11 

10. Duet. "Kiss Me, Mamma." 

ii. Select Reading. "Ben-Hur Chariot Race." 

12. Essay. "Wedding-days." 

13. Double Duet. "He is Guiding My Helm." 

14. Solo. "Whose Little Girl are You?" 

15. Recitation. "What the Little Girl Said." 

16. Recitation. "Reverie in a Church." 

17. Song. By Five Little Girls,— "Five Little 

Words." 

18. Select Reading. "The Wreck." 

19. Double Quartet. "Nothing to Pay." 

20. Dialogue. "An Old Woman and a Tramp." 

21. Duet. "She Rests by the Suwanee River." 

22. Recitation. "A Yankee in Love." 

23. Solo. "There, Little Girl, Do n't Cry." 

24. Valedictory. 

25. Anthem. By Choir,— "Isle of Beauty." 

26. Benediction. 

Think of it! Long enough, surely. And 
monotonous enough, too. But was a greater 
literary hodge-podge ever dealt out to an un- 
suspecting audience? 

Social Evenings. 

Some of the plans here submitted are in- 
tended for entertainment, and come under the 
head of Social Department Work. The social 
and literary vice-presidents can generally co- 



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operate to advantage. A social program, or 
evening to be of success, ought to aim at 
two ends: 

i. To get those present acquainted with 
each other. 

2. To get all to participate in the evening's 
program. 



POINTERS. 
••• 

Have a book — a month club. 
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Let two or three wide-awake members watch 
the Church weekly for the chociest things dur- 
ing the year. Then, at the last meeting for the 
year, let them submit their points. This can 
be made interesting. 

Have book reviews, off-hand and spicy, every 
little while. 

An evening, now and then, with some con- 
temporary great man would be a good change 
from the evenings with the celebrities of an- 
tiquity. §w 

Let your printer or publisher spend an 
evening telling your people how books are 
made. 

Let your high-school teacher tell a general 
audience how to hunt and classify wild flowers. 
Do it at the April meeting. 

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A review of a lecture, that has just been 
given by some noted speaker, could be made 
profitable. 

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14 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

Keep your constituency in touch with the 
doings of the literary world. 

Any biographical notes, concerning some 
new producer of fiction, are always eagerly 
received. m 

Get some of the boys to tell you, in their 
own ways, about the local bird-neighbors. 
Some folks know nothing about them. 

In September or October have some vaca- 
tion reports. In some places these could be 
made interesting. M9 

Don't forget to work out some good things 
regarding the progress of your denomination. 
Some Church history has been romantic 
enough for fiction. #ft 

When the next General Conference rolls 
around, tell the young people about its per- 
sonnel, its problems, its powers, its constitu- 
tion. Such things can be made interesting. 

*•• 

Acquaint your people with literature. 
Awaken enthusiasm in literary matters by 
one device or another. Do n't say, as a prom- 
inent clergyman recently said, "I don't see 
what good the Literary Department is, any- 
way." 



LITERARY PROGRAMS. 

••• 

The four following programs were success- 
fully planned and given by Miss Elizabeth 
Whiteley, literary vice-president of the First 
Methodist Episcopal Church of Racine, Wis. : 

An Evening with Longfellow. 

i. Quotations. 

2. Sketch of the Life of Longfellow. 

3. Recitation. "Mr. Finney's Turnip." 

4. Solo. "The Bridge." 

5. Reading. "Selections from Hiawatha" — il- 

lustrated with tableaux. 

6. Monologue. "Evangeline." 

7. Solo. "The Rainy Day." 

8. Recitation. "The Arrow and the Song." 

9. Reading and Tableaux. "The Children's 

Hour," 

An Evening with Lowell. 

1. Music. 

2. The Beauties of Lowell's Literary Work. 

3. Mandolin Trio. 

4. Recitation. "The First Snow Fall." 

5. Monologue. "The Vision of Sir Launfal." 

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An Evening with Barrie. 

1. Word Pictures. 

2. A Sketch of Barrie's Life. 

3. Scotch Song. "Land o* the Leal." 

4. Monologue. "The Little Minister." 

5. Quartet. "Annie Laurie." 

On Classic Mythology. 

1. Paper. "German and Norse Myths." 

2. Music. "Anitra's Tanz" — Grieg. 

3. Music. "Funeral March from Siegfried"— 

Wagner. 

4. Music. "Swan Motive from Lohengrin" — 

Wagner. 

5. Paper. "Myths of Greece and Rome." 

6. Musical Illustration. "Narcissus" — Nevin. 

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A Magazine Social. 

It is simply a presentation before the Society 
of an original magazine, whose table of con- 
tents constitutes the program. The following 
is an outline, from which, of course, any de- 
sired variations may be made : 

1. An editorial, which may be a greeting 
from the president or the chairman of the social 
committee. 



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2. A second editorial on a subject of general 
interest, by some other Epworthian. 

3. Poems; original or selected, to be read by 
still another Epworthian. 

4. Etchings; short paragraphs, humorous or 
otherwise. 

5. Song; original or selected. 

6. Reprints; selections from popular writers, 
like Eugene Field or James Whitcomb Riley. 
These may be given by several members. 

7. Funnygraphs; short, good-natured hits at 
members of the Society. 

8. Musical review; several songs by several 
members. 

9. News and comments. These should refer 
to current events, though matters of popular 
interest in the town may be included. 

10. A story; to be read by one of the mem- 
bers. 

At the close some advertisements may be 
presented in the form of charades, or possibly 
of tableaux. 

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A Measuring Social. 

This is a Measuring Social as it was con- 
ducted in the Methodist church, Osage, Iowa, 
Miss Mabel Westlake third vice-president. 
"For this social some little preparation is 
necessary, but the result more than pays 



18 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

for the effort made. A week in advance 
we sent invitations to two hundred and 
fifty people, one to every member of the 
League, and to as many outsiders as pos- 
sible. But it was clearly announced at our 
services that every one was invited, even if 
not remembered with an invitation. We used 
only the main entrance to our League-room 
that evening, and as the people entered they 
were greeted at the door by some member of 
the reception committee, then directed to one 
side, where the measuring was done. Many 
brought the money in the sack, as directed, 
but more had waited to be measured at the 
church. When this was over, they were passed 
to a third person, who pinned a five-inch paper 
ruler on coat or waist. At the close of the 
program, which was of high order, every one 
present was given a pencil and a blank card 
with five spaces on it, each numbered. On a 
large blackboard at the front of the room were 
five questions, and the guests were directed 
to spend the next ten minutes in securing the 
names of different people to talk with them 
on each question. When the ten minutes had 
expired a bell was rung, and each sought the 
person whose name they had secured after the 
first number. At the end of three minutes the 
bell rang again, and all were obliged to find 
No. 2, and so on through the list. When we 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 19 

were ready to serve refreshments it was an- 
nounced that each should find the person who 
wore a ruler the number on which should be 
the same as the one on their own ruler; and 
they were partners for refreshments." 

"A Measuring Social is given to you, 
*T is something novel as well as new ; 
The invitation is in the sack, 
For use in bringing or sending back 
Two cents for every foot you 're tall. 
Measure yourself on door or wall. 
An extra cent for each inch give, 
And thereby show how high you live. 
With music and song, recitation and pleasure, 
We will meet one and all at our "Social of 
Measure." 



Evenings with Various Industries. 

No more instructive "evenings" could be 
planned than "Evenings with the Various In- 
dustries." We give one with the "Shoe In- 
dustry" to illustrate. 

i. A paper or talk on the development of 
the shoe factory. 

2. Advantages and disadvantages of the pres- 
ent system. 

3. An exhibit. Here show the shoe in the 
various stages of making. These specimens 



20 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

could be borrowed from a local factory. If 
there is no shoe factory in your town, take 
any industry that is there, and tell your people 
of it. For example : Watch factory, printing 
works, weather bureau, soap factory, woolen 
factory, pottery. 

Some originality and creative ability will be 
called for, but the newness and practical value 
of such an evening will amply repay for any 
unusual amount of time and effort spent in 
preparing the program. 

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A Bean Supper. 

A "Bean Supper :" Bean soup, baked beans, 
sliced ham, brown bread, pickles, and coffee. 

After the supper a bean-bag game and 
auction sale might be appropriate. For the 
former, appoint two captains, who alternately 
choose their company from those who are to 
play. The two sides then stand in opposite 
lines down the room, and a table is placed at 
both ends of each line. Each captain is given 
fifteen bags about six inches square, rilled with 
the common white bean. An umpire is sta- 
tioned at each end. The captains pile all their 
bags on their tables, the signal is given by the 
head umpire, and they begin passing the bags 
down their lines. If a bag is dropped, it must 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 21 

go back to the beginning and start afresh. 
When the bags reach the other end, they must 
be piled on the table there, and not until all 
are there can they be started back. Of course, 
the object is to see which side can pass its 
bags with the greatest speed. 

When the contestants are tired of this game, 
let a few of the bags be opened. Each lady 
takes a handful of beans, with which they bid 
while a quick-witted one of their number auc- 
tions off the young men. 

••• 

Famous Churches of all Creeds. 

The five following are selected as being 
representative churches of to-day. Have five 
papers prepared, not longer than eight minutes 
each, giving origin of the building, the story 
of the work, the great men connected with the 
work, the legends told concerning it, and any 
other interesting item. 

Roman Catholic cathedral-— St. Peter's at 
Rome; Protestant cathedral — St. Paul's in 
London; Mohammedan mosque — St. Sophia in 
Constantinople; Mormon tabernacle in Salt 
Lake City; the complex Church of the Holy 
Sepulcher in Jerusalem. 

For references, see Baedeker's guide-books. 

Appropriate music may be interspersed 
through the program. 



22 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

Illustrate with photographs or lantern views. 

The same idea can be carried out in the lead- 
ing churches of your own denomination and 
in the great cathedrals of the world. 

••• 

National Hymns. 

Have short papers written on the follow- 
ing national hymns, telling of their origin, 
how they became national, and any interest- 
ing point that can be found out concerning 
them: 

i. Music. German Quartet, — " Watch on the 
Rhine." 

2. Paper. "Watch on the Rhine." 

3. Music. Vocal Solo, — "Two Grenadiers" — 

Schumann. 

4. Paper. "Marseillaise." 

5. Paper. "God Save the King." 

6. Music. Violin Solo, — "Souvenir de 

Haydn" — Leonard. 

7. Paper. Austrian Hymn. 

8. Music. Piano Solo, — "Medley of Amer- 

ican Songs." 

9. Paper. "Battle Hymn of the Republic." 

10. Music. Audience join in singing "Amer- 
ica." 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 23 

Swap Party. 

The following evening's entertainment is 
suggested by Mrs. J. B. Stephenson, long ac- 
tively connected with the literary and social 
work of Centenary League, Ripley, O. : 

Each person brings some article well 
wrapped. It can be something worthless or 
ludicrous. When all the guests have arrived 
the swapping begins. If one is not satisfied 
with his trade, he wraps up his article again, 
and makes another exchange with some one. 
After a time the company falls into line and 
show their possessions. In a Church affair the 
articles can be prepared by a committee and 
sold to those attending at ten or twenty-five 
cents each. 

••• 

The "Latest" Social. 

Miss Annabelle Hughes, of Pontiac, 111., 
sends in this the "latest social." Competent 
persons must be assigned their questions be- 
fore the evening so they may be prepared. 
When the chair asks for the "latest news," 
they must respond: 

i. Piano solo — the most recent composition 

possible. 
2. What is the latest news from China? 



24 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

3. What is the latest news from South Africa ? 

4. What is the latest news from the political 

field? 

5. What is the latest news from the educa- 

tional field? 

6. What is the latest news from the sciences 

and arts? 

7. What is the latest news from the world of 

books ? 

8. What is the latest news from the bar and 

bench ? 

9. What is the latest news from the medical 

fraternity ? 

10. What is the latest news in the realm of 

religion ? 

11. What is the latest news from Washington? 

12. Music — one of the latest songs. 

During the hour, the daily paper might be 
induced to send to the church the Associated 
Press dispatches, to be read between the brief 
talks. It might, also, be interesting to note 
the origin of the word "news," which is sim- 
ply taken from the four points of the compass — 
(n)orth, (e)ast, (w)est, (s)outh. 

••• 

Parable of the Ten Virgins. 

TABLEAUX. 

This will make a very pretty entertainment 
if the tableaux are arranged artistically. Se- 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 25 

lect one with a pleasing voice to do the reading. 
The parable is found in Matt. xxv. 

PROGRAM. 

i. The reading of the parable as a whole. 

2. Appropriate music by the Church choir. 

3. First Tableau, covering verses 1, 2, 3, and 4. 

Tableau shows virgins in two groups. 
Have verses 1-4 read while tableau is 
showing. 

4. Second Tableau, covering verse 5, repre- 

sents virgins slumbering. Read verse 5. 

5. Third Tableau, covering verse 6, represents 

virgins suddenly awakened, eager and 
excited. Read verse 6. 

6. Fourth Tableau, covering verse 7 (which 

read), shows virgins busily engaged in 
preparing their lamps. 

7. Music. 

8. Fifth Tableau, covering verses 8 and 9 

(which read), represents foolish vir- 
gins begging oil from the wise, and the 
wise refusing them. 

9. Sixth Tableau, covering verse 10 (which 

read), shows the foolish virgins hurry- 
ing away to buy oil, while the wise ones 
represent expectancy. 
10. Seventh Tableau, covering verse 11, shows 
the foolish virgins returned, knocking 
and pleading for admission. 



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ii. Eighth Tableau, covering verses 12 and 13, 
shows the five foolish virgins in atti- 
tudes of despair, 

12. Music. 

The setting for the tableaux must be all 
black. The virgins are dressed in Greek cos- 
tumes of white cheese-cloth, and carry Oriental- 
shaped lamps with tapers, which any tinner 
can make. The white figures against the black 
gives a statuesque effect. Have the verses 
which cover each tableau read while the tableau 
is showing. Very soft music played during 
the tableaux will add to the effect; but it 
must be something slow and dreamy, like 
"Hearts and Flowers," "Flower Song/' etc. 
During the sixth tableau have one verse of 
"Behold, the Bridegroom cometh," sung. 

The stories of Ruth and Esther will also 
make pretty series of tableaux. 

tie 
An Evening with the Old Masters. 

This is to be a series of well-known paintings 
by famous old artists. Have a large wooden 
frame made and covered in black; pose the 
figures in this frame, thus giving the effect of 
a framed picture. Preceding each picture have 
a very short sketch, three or four minutes, of 
the artist and his subject. During the showing 
of the pictures have appropriate music. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 27 

1. Paper by . 

Portrait of a Young Man — Raphael. 
Music. "Chopin Nocturne." 

2. Paper by . 

Mater Dolorosa — Carlo Dolci. 
Music. "Stabat Mater." 

3. Paper by . 

Bohemian Girl — Frans Hals. 

Music. "Then You '11 Remember Me." 

4. Paper by . 

Napoleon at Arcole — Baron Gros. 
Music. "Marsellaise." 

5. Paper by . 

Pandora's Box — Jacquet 

Music. 

6. Paper by . 

Homeless — Dore. 

Music. "Forsaken." 

7. Paper by . 

Beatrice Cenci — Guido Reni. 

Music. "Miserere." 

8. Paper by . 

Tambourine Girl — De Coninck. 

Music. 

9. Paper by . 

St. Cecilia — Dominichino. 

Music. "Pilgrim's Chorus." 

10. Paper by . 

Young Woman at Her Toilet — Titian. 

Music. "Gondoliers." 



28 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 
ii. Paper by . 



Charlotte Corday — Louis Muller. 
Music. 

12. Paper by . 

Elizabeth of England . 
Mary Stuart 
Music. 
"God Save the Queen." 
"Blue Bells of Scotland." 



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Suggestion. — The same plan may be used in 
"Christ in Art," "An Evening with the Ma- 
donnas," "Saints in Art," illustrating by tab- 
leaux, or by using Perry Pictures or Copley 
Prints. 



Local History Evening. 

We suggest an outline for a program telling 
the history of the local town or city: 

i. Narrative of the town's growth. 

2. Famous residents in the past. 

3. Present attractions. 

4. Industries. 

5. Spirit of the town. 

6. Criticisms. 

Almost every town has more or less history 
and romance connected with it if only some 
wide-awake young people will look into the 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 29 

records. Some towns are much more interest- 
ing than cities. Such a program is not only- 
interesting, but of educational value. 

••• 

Camera Program. 

A very enjoyable evening can be spent with 
the camera. A great many people have 
cameras, and collections of photos. A prize 
might be offered for the best exhibit of pic- 
tures and another for the best single picture. 
The pictures could be arranged on tables or 
on the wall Such an evening could be made 
instructive, as well as highly entertaining. 

We suggest a simple program : 

1. A Camera Talk (explaning the structure 

of the camera). 

2. Films versus Plates (a single paper or a de- 

bate, allowing each side five minutes). 

3. Taking Landscapes. 

4. Figures. 

5. Indoor Work. 

6. A Demonstration of Printing by Gaslight. 

7. The Decision. 

At this point on the program let the com- 
pany examine the exhibits of pictures, and the 
various cameras present. The decision as to 
prizes could be arrived at by a popular vote. 



30 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

Not more than fifteen minutes will be neces- 
sary for this. 

8. A Flashlight. 

Close the meeting by having some one pres- 
ent take a flashlight of the little company. 

Such a program can easily be arranged in 
any good-sized town or city, and in the coun- 
try districts it could be given in a simpler 
form, if necessary. 

The art exhibit could be greatly enhanced 
by clipping half-tone landscape pictures from 
magazines, and pasting them on cardboards. 

This program was given in May, 1902, by 
the League of Mt. Auburn, Methodist Epis- 
copal Church, Cincinnati, Ohio. The art ex- 
hibit there, by active members of the League, 
included snapshots from almost every country 
in the world, besides Roentgen ray pictures. 
Two successful flashlights of the company 
were taken, to the great delight of all present. 



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Evening on Modes of Land Travel at the 
Present time. 

This can be made a very interesting and 
profitable hour if handled well. The talks 
should be illustrated by photographs; or, bet- 
ter still, models, if they can be procured. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 31 

PROGRAM. 

i. Music. 

2. Paper. "Modes of Travel in Europe :" 

Russia and the North, sleighs and rein- 
deer. 
Switzerland and Holland, dog-carts. 
Italy and the South, donkeys. 
France, automobiles. 
Ireland, jaunting car. 
England, London 'bus. 

3. Paper. "Modes of Travel in Asia :" 

Japan, jinriksha. 

China, chair; Peking, cart; Shanghai, 

wheebarrow. 
India, elephants. 
Palestine and Syria, donkey, horse. 

4. Recitation. "The One-Hoss Shay." 

5. Paper. "Modes of Travel in Africa:" 

Camels, litters. 

6. Paper. "Modes of Travel in America:" 

Steam and electricity. 

7. Music. 

8. Refreshments and social hour. 

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Evenings with the Bible. 

Mr. Oscar Mitchell, of the First Methodist 
Church, Connersville, Ind., contributes the fol- 
lowing scheme of programs, which was car- 



32 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

ried out by the Chapter in that Church during 
1901 : 

PROGRAM — THURSDAY EVENINGS. 

March 14— The Bible Itself. 
Reading. 

Review, "A Hero and Some Other Folk" 
— Quayle. Six chapters. 

March 28 — Whence came our Bible? 
Reading. 

Review, "A Hero and Some Other Folk" 
— Quayle. Last six chapters. 
AprHv 11 — Some Ancient Manuscripts and Ver- 
sions. 
Reading. 

Review, "Richard Newcomb" — Sisson. 
First half of book. 
ApriIv 25 — Early English Translations of the 
Bible— John Wyclif. 
Reading. 

Review, "Richard Newcomb" — Sisson. 
Last half of book. 

May 2— The Bible and William Tyndale. 
Reading. 

Review, "Choosing a Life-work" — Fiske. 
First half of book. 

May 9— The Bible after Tyndale's death. 
Reading. 

Review, "Choosing a Life-work" — Fiske. 
Last half of book. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 33 

May 23 — The Revised Bible. 
Reading. 

Review, "Honey from Many Hives" — 
Mudge. To page 152. 

June 6— Methods of Bible Study. 
Reading. 

Review, "Honey from Many Hives" — 
Mudge. From page 153 to end of book. 

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A Russian Evening. 

1. Music. Russian National Hymn. 

2. Map Talk on Russia. 

3. Music. Russian Folk Song. 

4. St. Petersburg and the Political Life of 

Russia. 

5. Paper. "The Russian Church." 

6. Paper. "Pictorial Sketch of Moscow and 

the Kremlin. 

7. Paper. "Tolstoi." 

8. Music. 



Magazine Evening. 

Duet. Selected. 

Talk. The wrong way and the right way to 
read magazines. 

Recitation. Selected from a recent maga- 
zine. 



34 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

Paper. Some fiction worth reading from the 
magazines (or a select reading from magazine 
fiction if person to whom the assignment is 
made does not wish to write a paper). 

Paper. History and biography in our maga- 
zines (or select reading as above). 

Paper. Religious literature in our maga- 
zines. 

Song. Selected. 

Paper. Wit and humor in our magazines. 



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Reigning Sovereigns. 

This will be an instructive as well as an 
amusing evening, for it will be a surprise to 
many to find how little they know of the liv- 
ing sovereigns. To each guest present pass a 
slip of paper on which is written the name of 
a country, such as Spain, Germany, Brazil, 
Egypt, etc. Each slip is numbered. The 
guests are called upon according to number to 
arise, read the name of the country written 
on the slip they hold, and name the present 
ruler of that country. If the holder can not 
do it, then the first one calling the correct 
name receives that slip of paper. At the end 
of the contest the person holding the greatest 
number of slips wins the contest. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 35 

Short sketches of the most prominent rulers 
might be read during the evening, and national 
songs, like "Die Wacht am Rhine," "Hail, 
Columbia," and "God save the King," form 
the musical feature. 

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Poetical Allusions. 

Our poetry is rich in references to historical 
and Biblical facts. Poems containing such 
allusions might be culled from Shakespeare, 
Browning, Tennyson, Whittier, Longfellow, 
and Riley, and read from, with volunteer inter- 
pretations of the allusions. Or cards with a 
dozen allusions written out might be circulated 
in the company, and a prize given to the one 
giving the largest number of correct answers. 
This could be done better at a small house 
party than in a general audience. 

Great Churches of Methodism. 

The Epworth Herald could supply a list of 
the great churches. With this might be given 
a list of the newer great churches. Pictures 
ought to be given, which could be gathered 
from the Church papers or an old copy of a 
General Conference Souvenir. 



36 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

Similarly an evening with the "Hospitals 
and Homes" of Methodism, and the "Book 
Concern," could be made interesting. Pictures 
to pass around could be clipped from the book- 
lets advertising these places, and mounted on 
cardboard. 

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An Evening with Bryant. 

i. Piano Solo. 

2. A roll-call answered by quotations from 

Bryant. 

3. Paper. "William Cullen Bryant." 

4. Music. 

5. Reading. "Homes and Haunts of Bryant." 

6. Recitations. "To a Water Fowl." 

"Indian Girls' Lament." 
"Death of the Flowers." 
Verses from "A Winter Piece." 

7. Piano Solo. 

8. Social hour with light refreshments. 



SOCIAL EVENINGSo 
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Flower Tableaux. 

Tableaux, artistically arranged, are always 
popular ; and to these are added the variety of 
a guessing-contest. The tableaux, twelve in 
number, each illustrate a well-known subject, 
and each subject is emblematic of a well- 
known flower. The company must guess the 
flowers. For instance, the curtain is drawn, 
and Sleeping Beauty is disclosed, and the 
company must guess that Sleeping Beauty 
typifies the poppy. Daintly-decorated cards 
are given to each person as they enter, and 
on these cards they write their answers; the 
one guessing the most correctly receiving a 
prize. Appropriate music and recitations can 
intersperse the program. 

List of tableaux and their corresponding 
flowers : 

i. Aurora Morning Glory. 

2. Iolanthe Water Lily. 

3. Cinderella Lady Slipper. 

4. Santa Claus Holly. 

5. Neptune Kelp. 

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38 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

6. A Victors Wreath Laurel. 

7. Mikado Chrysanthemum. 

8. Queen of Night. ..Night Blooming Cereus. 

9. Perseus and Andromeda .... Snap Dragon. 

10. Cleopatra Lotus. 

11. Montezuma Cactus. 

12. Sleeping Beauty Poppy. 

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A Valentine Social. 

A Valentine Social should be given February 
13th, but the promotor must work weeks 
ahead of this to prepare for it, making valen- 
tines. They should try to prepare a valentine 
for every person who will likely attend the 
social, and have some extra ones for chance 
visitors or forgotten names. These home- 
made valentines should be cute, original, and 
contain some "hit" on the recipient. Also make 
fancy valentines for sale on the occasion. 

It is easily seen a post-office is necessary. 
Fix up a classroom for this. Either make or 
borrow old boxes from your local office, if pos- 
sible, and letter them A to Z. Have three win- 
dows — one the delivery window ; one the stamp 
window; one for advertised matter. Stamps 
should be small hearts, cut from red paper, 
and sell at the usual rate of two cents. All 
matter must be stamped ; and, in case it is not, 
is only delivered collect Three or four little 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 39 

boys who have play-postman suits act as 
carriers. If a name on an envelope is unknown, 
the letter, or valentine, is "advertised." A 
mailbox should be placed on the opposite side 
of the room from the post-office. 

In one corner of the room is a table where 
all kinds of valentines, home-made and 
bought, fancy and comic, are sold at reason- 
able prices. Purchasers can either use them 
that night or save them for the next day. A 
table with pens and inks and blotters should 
be placed conveniently near the post-office. A 
candy table might be profitable, for some of the 
lads might like to send their lassies a box of 
sweets as a valentine. 

If games are desired, they should be appro- 
priate to the occasion. Cut out a large number 
of paper hearts, and on each heart write a 
sentimental quotation or phrase with the letters 
jumbled. Pass these among the guests, who 
must guess the jumbled sentiments. The 
one making out the most receives a box of 
candy hearts for a prize. In a side room have 
a huge cardboard heart tacked to the wall. A 
quantity of small hearts are in a box. A per- 
son paying five cents gets two of these hearts 
for two chances of spearing the big heart. He 
is blindfolded, turned around, then, as near as 
he can remember, starts for the big heart to 
pin his little one to its center; but, in his 



40 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

confusion, he is just as apt to pin it to the 
opposite wall. Those who successfully mark 
the goal receive a pretty souvenir or favor. 

A short literary program could include a 
brief sketch of the history of the day, and 
the different ways and customs of observing 
it in various countries. Readings, such as 
"Sam Weller's Valentine" and "With Love— 
from Mother," would be appropriate. 

••• 

A "Pi" Social. 

Take the names of well-known flowers, and 
jumble the letters. Give each guest a list of 
the jumbled words. The first one making 
out all receives the prize. Favors may be 
drawn from a huge pie made of cardboard. 
Refreshments should be pie and cheese. If 
further entertainment is wanted, illustrate 
"Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie," 
"Little Jack Horner," and other appropriate 
pieces, with shadow pictures, or shadow pan- 
tomime. 

••• 

A Fishing Excursion. 

Have the room decorated with nets, rods, 
lines, and other appliances of the angler. To 
each guest give a little book made of linen note 
paper and covered with a tinted cardboard, on 
which is applied a spray of pressed seaweed. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 41 

If the real seaweed can not be had, have some 
one paint a spray of it, or fish, or shells, on 
the cover. Pencils and delicate little shells are 
attached to the books by ribbon. All the books 
are entitled, "The Complete Angler." The 
conundrums are written on the blank pages 
of the books, a space being left for the guests 
to write their answers. Favors or prizes can 
be candy in fish-shaped boxes. Refreshments 
should be sardine sandwiches and coffee; or 
lobster salad, bread and butter sandwiches, 
and coffee. 

i. What fish belong properly to the million- 
aire? Gold and silver. 

2. What fish is an instrument of winter's 

sport ? Skate. 

3. What fish should shine among their bel- 

lows ? Star and sunfish. 

4. What fish would conquer in a wrestling- 

match ? Mussel. 

5. What fish would conquer in a duel of olden 

times ? Swordfish. 

6. What fish would be useful in a lumber 

yard ? Sawfish. 

7. What fish has the name of a Dickens 

character? Cuttle. 

8. What fish is found in every bird-cage? 

Perch. 

9. What fish is given to melancholy? Blue- 

fish. 



42 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

10. What fish is a cape on the New England 
coast ? Cod. 

ii. What fish would never win in an argu- 
ment ? Flounder. 

12. What fish has a name meaning to whip 

and complain? Whale. 

13. What fish suggests a woman's jewelry? 

Herring. 

14. What fish is dishonest? Shark. 

15. What fish is always finding fault? Carp. 

16. What fish does n't need to swim ? Flying 

•fish. 

17. What fish might be used in the navy? 

Torpedo. 

18. What fish is also a road? Pike. 

19. What fish was discarded because it ? 

Smelt. 

20. What fish is part of a shoe? Sole. 

Part of the evening might be devoted to 
"fish stories/' limited to three or four min- 
utes, and a comic prize should be awarded 
the best or most iishy tale. 

Another idea for serving refreshments would 
be to have the guests fish for them. Things 
that can be easily wrapped — like sandwiches, 
wafers, pickles, cheese, etc. — must be used. 
Tie them with string, lay them all out on a 
table, hand each guest a rod, line, and pin- 
hook, and let them angle for what they may 
get. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 43 

An Art Collection, or Hall of Curios. 

Place the articles that represent the pictures 
on the tables in a side room, and charge ten 
cents admission. Give each one an unnum- 
bered catalogue. The pictures are numbered 
promiscuously. To make a contest of it have 
the visitors to your "art gallery" place the 
number of the picture they guess opposite its 
title on the catalogue. 

CATALOGUE. 

i. Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine. 

2. A Bridal Scene. 

3. A Chip of the Old Block. 

4. High Seas. 

5. The Last of Old Dog Tray. 

6. The Last of the Mohicans. 

7. An Outcast. 

8. A Marble Group. 

9. Family Jars. 

10. The Light of Other Days. 

11. Portraits of the Reigning Sovereigns of 

Europe. 

12. Out for the Night. 

13. The Meet of the Hounds. 

14. Caught in a Squall of Yarmouth. 

15. The Lost Chord. 

16. A Drive through the Wood. 

17. Little Bright Eyes. 

18. Rose of Castile. 



44 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

19. The Flower of the Family. 

20. Olivette. 

21. The Horse Fair. 

22. The World's Fair, 

23. Maid of Orleans. 

24. Gentle Breezes. 

25. Charge of the Light Brigade. 

26. Two Lovers. 

2J. The Great American Desert. 

28. The Peace-maker. 

29. A Study of a Head. 

30. Open to Amendments. 

PICTURES. 

1. A wishbone across a rind of cheese. 

2. Horse's bridle. 

3. A huge splinter of wood. 

4. Two letter "c's" place high on the wall. 

5. Sausage. 

6. Tack last five letters of word (not in or- 

der) on wall. 

7. An old worn shoe. 

8. Some marbles. 

9. Fruit jars. 

10. A tallow candle (new). 

11. Canceled foreign stamps. 

12. Extinguished candle, or lamp. 

13. Some bones. 

14. Red herring. 

15. A piece of string. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 45 

16. A nail driven in a piece of wood. 

17. Dress eyes. 

18. Rows of steel nails driven in a strip of 

wood. 

19. Baking-flour. 

20. Olive-stones. 

21. Oats. 

22. Picture of a girl. 

23. Molasses candy. 

24. Bunch of zephyr wool. 

25. The gas bill. 

26. Two spoons. 

27. Apple-pie. 

28. Scissors. 

29. A cabbage-head. 

30. Old, ripped gloves. 

A Trip Around the World. 

To every one taking part in this game must 
be given a copy of the story and a pencil. Then 
they must proceed to guess and fill in the 
blanks. The articles representing the blanks 
are placed on tables. 

We started on March 28th on the (1) for 
(2), intending to visit (3) and (4) on our 
way to (5). We sailed around (6), instead 
of going through (7)> stopping at (8) and (9) 
Islands to buy our (10) and (11). We sailed 



46 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

through the (12), visited (13), and from there 
we sailed around (14) and (15), through the 
(16), then up to the (17) to Egypt. While 
there we saw (18) and (19) old. From (20), 
in (21), we crossed the Mediterranean to (22) 
and (23), visiting (24) before taking a cruise 
on the (25). While in Europe we crossed the 
(26). The only cities of importance which 
we visited were (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32). 
We traveled along the (33), crossed the Eng- 
lish Channel, and visited (34 and 35). From 
the (36) we sailed for home, not having time 
to visit the (37). Arrived at the place our 
(38) landed, some of our members living in 
(39> 40> and 41) decided to go home on the 
(42 and 43) R. R. ; but the rest started for 
(44), and visited (45, 46, 47, 48, and 49) be- 
fore returning home. 

KEY To TRIP. 

1. Queen and Crescent . .Picture of a queen 

and a crescent. 

2. New Orleans Molasses. 

3. Cuba Cube with "A" on side. 

4. Hayti Hay and a tie. 

5. China A plate. 

6. Cape Horn A cape and a horn. 

7. Panama. .A pan, a picture of mother and 

child. 

8. Sandwich Islands. .. .Sandwiches in water. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 47 

9. Coral Islands . . , Coral in water. 

10. Bread fruit Bread and fruit. 

11. Dates Leaves from calendar. 

12. Yellow Sea Yellow "C." 

13. Canton A can and 2,000 lbs. 

14. lava Coffee. 

15. Ceylon Seal on envelope. 

16. Indian Ocean. .Picture of Indian, "O," and 

a scene. 

17. Red Sea Red "G." 

18. Idols Picture of eye, and dolls. 

19. Three centuries old — Three old " Century s" 

20. Fez A cap. 

21. Morocco Leather. 

22. Greece Some lard. 

23. Turkey A toy turkey. 

24. Bagdad. .A bag, picture of father and child. 

25. Black Sea Black "C." 

26. Appenines "A," a pen, 9999. 

27. Brussels Piece of carpet. 

28. Dresden Dresden china. 

29. Lyons Lions. 

30. Vienna Bread. 

31. Moscow Moss, picture of cow. 

32. Cologne Bottle of cologne. 

33. Rhine A piece of rind. 

34. Manchester. .Picture of man; a chest; "R." 

35. Cork , A cork. 

36. Isle of Mann iJ^'H ; picture of a man. 

37. Needles Some needles. 



48 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

38. Forefathers Four fathers' pictures. 

39. Indiana An inn ; picture of Diana. 

40. Kansas A can, and some chili sauce. 

41. Tennessee Pictures of ten eyes. 

42. Ohio 

43. Pennsylvania . . Some pens ; picture of eye ; 

vani; "a." 

44. Canada. .. .A can; one date from calendar. 

45. Little Rock Small stone. 

46. Colorado A collar; 2+3+4=?; "O." 

47. Nebraska A new brass key. 

48. Idaho .... Picture of an eye ; a day ; a hoe. 

49. Dakota A day ; a coat ; "a." 

to 
A Cake Party. 

Either give a list of the conundrums without 
their answers to each person present, or let 
the hostess read the questions, allowing a 
minute a question for the guests to write their 
answers. A cake should be the prize; cake 
and lemonade the refreshments. 

What is the favorite cake of 

1. The candidate for office? Election Cake. 

2. The sculptor ? Marble Cake. 

3. The geologist? Layer Cake. 

4. The farmer? Hoe Cake. 

5. The jeweler? Gems. 

6. The idler? Loaf Cake. 

7. The chiropodist? Com Cake. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 49 

8. The Democratic Party? Silver Cake. 

g. The pugilist? Pound Cake. 

10. An engaged couple? Kisses. 

ii. The journalist? Puffs. 

12. A hot-tempered person? Spice Cake. 

13. The carpenter? Plain Cake. 

14. The tinner ? Pan, Cup. 

15. The chef ? Cookies. 

16. The baseball player? Batter Cakes. 

17. The parasite Sponge Cake. 

18. The Klondike miner? Gold Cake. 

19. The glovers ? LadyHngers. 

20. A perfect young person?. Angel Cake. 

21. Officeseeker ? Plum Cake. 

22. Debtor's ? Shortcake. 

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Noted Characters. 

The first letters of the words are the initials 
of a noted person, while the phrase itself is 
descriptive of his (or her) character. A list 
of the phrases is passed to each person pres- 
ent. Additions to this list can be easily made 
to suit the company. 

1. He made search, Henry M. Stanley. 

2. Always loyal, Abraham Lincoln. 

3. Naturally belligerent, Napoleon Bonaparte. 

4. Marvelous light, Martin Luther. 

5. Character delineator, Charles Dickens. 

6. Came confidently, Christopher Columbus. 



50 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

7. Best broadcloth, Beau Brummel. 

8. Rabid iconoclast, Robert G. Ingersoll. 

9. Feminine nobleness, Florence Nightingale. 

10. Tireless rider, Theodore Roosevelt. 

11. Merry gabbler, Mother Goose. 

12. Declamatory weightiness, Daniel Webster. 

13. Recognized wise everywhere, Ralph Waldo 

Emerson. 

14. Our wise humorist, Oliver Wendell 

Holmes. 

15. Thoughtful American electrician, Thomas 

A. Edison. 

16. Helped banish slavery, Harriet Beecher 

Stowe. 

17. Makes travesties, Mark Twain. 

18. Left many admirers, Louisa M. Alcott. 

19. Sent fast messenger, S. F. B. Morse. 

20. Marvelous artist, Michael Angelo. 

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Game of Nations. 

The questions may be written on pieces of 
stiff, white paper, to which pencils, tied with 
red, white, and blue ribbon, are attached. An- 
other way is to write each question on a sep- 
arate slip of paper, and fasten them to articles 
of furniture, draperies, or the people them- 
selves. The guests should then be provided 
with pencils and papers, numbered to corre- 
spond with the questions. A little silken flag 



FROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 51 

may be awarded to the one correctly guessing 
the greatest number. 

What is 

1. The nation from which we start? Ger- 

mination. 

2. The nation for teachers? Explanation. 

3. The nation for pupils? Subordination. 

4. The nation for actors? Impersonation. 

5. The nation for a popular prince? Corona- 

lion. 

6. The nation for theological students? Or- 

dination. 

7. The nation for a politician? Nomination. 

8. The nation for the ungodly? Damnation. 

9. The nation for an unpopular official? 

Resignation. 

10. The nation opposed to darkness? Illum- 

ination. 

11. The nation for a contagious disease? 

Vaccination. 

12. The nation for pests? Extermination? 

13. The nation for wrong-doers? Condem- 

nation. 

14. The nation for the irresolute? Determi- 

nation. 

15. The nation for the superstitious? Hal- 

lucination. 

16. The nation which monopolizes? Com- 

bination. 



52 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

17. The nation toward which we lean? In- 

clination. 

18. The nation which indicates a class? De- 

nomination. 

19. The nation without women? Stagnation. 

20. The nation we have now reached? Ter- 

mination. 

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Butterfly Party. 

This is a progressive game that can be used 
for a home gathering or a small Church so- 
cial. Let the tally-cards, instead of being 
marked "table 1, 2, 3," etc., be designated by 
so many hand-painted butterflies ; one butter- 
fly for table 1, two butterflies for table 2, 
etc. Four play at one table. Have two tallies 
for each table tied with white ribbon, the 
other two tied with yellow, and let a white and 
yellow play against a white and a yellow. 
Each player is given a pencil and a pad, on 
the back of which is written, "Our butterfly 
consists of seven parts ; a body, four wings, 
and two feelers." The players find their places, 
and the game begins. Visiting white thinks 
of a common noun of five letters, no two let- 
ters alike. The opposing couple endeavor to 
guess the word by guessing, in turn, one let- 
ter at a time. Whenever they guess a correct 
letter they draw one part of the butterfly (be- 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 53 

ginning with the body) ; but when they name a 
wrong letter the other side draw. Thus they 
continue drawing one part at a time till the 
word is guessed, or the bell rings. At the 
first table the side first completing a whole 
butterfly rings a bell, at which signal the win- 
ning side at each table progresses, and re- 
ceives a punch on their tallies. At the head 
table should the word be guessed before the 
whole butterfly be drawn let the other white 
select a new word and continue. At the other 
tables they continue to draw and guess until 
the bell rings. At the end of the game the 
player progressing the oftenest receives the 
prize. The prize may be a butterfly pin. A 
consolation prize may be a toy churn "to make 
the butter fly." For refreshments have cake 
and ice-cream in butterfly molds. 

The same idea can be carried out in a 
"Cat Party," the cat consisting of seven parts; 
a body, four feet, a head, and a tail. 

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A "T" Test. 

A "T" Test is a definition game; the an- 
swer to the definition question being a word 
beginning or ending with "t," or the sound of 
"ti." Each definition is written on a separate 
piece of paper and numbered. Each contestant 
has one of these papers pinned to him. Pencils 



54 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

and papers, numbered from one to thirty, are 
passed, and the guessing begins. The time 
should be limited; but not less than half an 
hour. A prize, which may be a package of 
tea, may be given to the one guessing the most 
correctly. 

1. What our fathers fought for Liberty. 

2. The best policy Honesty. 

3. Old maid's comfort Tea. 

4. A carpenter's instrument T-square. 

5. " , thy name is woman Frailty. 

6. The greatest thing in the world. .Charity. 

7. The mother of invention Necessity. 

8. The crown of woman Beauty. 

9. The soul of wit Brevity. 

10. "Sweet are the uses of ". .. .Adversity. 

11. The four hundred Nobility. 

12. The cause of Adam's fall Curiosity. 

13. A witty answer Repartee. 

14. The greatest power of our era. .Electricity. 

15. Beauty's temptation Vanity. 

16. The greatest religion Christianity. 

17. Relating to ages past Antiquity. 

18. Concern respecting some event. . . .Anxiety. 

19. "Before honor is " Humility. 

20. A church song Te Deum. 

21. The Godhead Trinity. 

22. Time everlasting Eternity. 

23. A calm state Tranquillity. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 55 

24. Something new under the sun. .Originality. 

25. An institution of learning University. 

26. Faithful allegiance Fidelity. 

27. " be thy page" Prosperity. 

28. Truth Truth. 

29. Sweetest charm of woman. ....... .Modesty. 

30. "Gold is the key to , but | ( Society. 

its barrier." j ' | Poverty. 

IM 

Illustrated Books. 

Give each guest a numbered card and a 
pencil, and tell them to illustrate, in drawing, 
the name of a book which each selects for him- 
self. That done, another paper is given to 
each; each paper numbered up to the number 
of the company, and they proceed to guess the 
books from the illustrations. Prizes, or hon- 
orable mention, are given to the one guessing 
the most books and drawing the best illustra- 
tion. 

The Evening Advertiser. 

This entertainment must be gotten up ac- 
cording to local business, and what your 
stores offer for sale as specialties. Secure 
about twelve merchants in your church, or 
town, to pay you a trifle for putting their ad- 
vertisement on your program; then for that 



56 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

program illustrate those advertisements with 
tableaux. For example : 

i. "We never change color" — Fast Black 
Hosiery from the Dry and Fancy Goods 

Emporium in . 

G. A. D. & Co. 
This is represented by two little Negro boys. 
2. "Jack Spratt could eat no fat, 

And his wife could eat no lean; 
So it came to pass between them both, 
They licked the platter clean. ,, 
Durkee's Salad Dressing, to be had at 
— , the Grocer. 

This may be presented by Jack and his wife. 

A few musical numbers can be rendered 
before, or during, the tableaux. Printed pro- 
grams are necessary for this entertainment. 

•it 

A Winter Evening Picnic. 

By substituting the names of the authors in 
the parentheses this will be a complete story. 

A (author of "Black-eyed Susan") party of 
(author of "Night Thoughts") people started 
out from their (author of "Autocrat of the 
Breakfast-table") one morning in (author of 
the Dotty Dimple Books) for a day at the 
seashore. 

When they drew (author of some well- 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 57 

known humorous sketches) to the beach, the 
(author of "A Princess of Thule") boy, 
(author of "Daisy Miller"), who carried the 
provisions, unpacked the luncheon, fried the 
(author of "Novum Organum"), uncorked the 
(author of "Scottish Chiefs"), made the 
(author of "Essays of Elia") sandwiches, for 
the bread was (author of "Little Women") be- 
forehand, and then called the party to lunch. 

"Great (author of 'Ivanhoe') ! What the 
(author of 'David Copperfield') is it that 
(author of 'Tarn O'Shanter') ? I'm sure I 
smell something," said one of the boys as they 
commenced to (author of "Uncle Tom's 
Cabin") away the good things. (Author of 
"Daisy Miller") assured him that he smelled 
the corn which was (author of "Aurora 
Leigh") in the ashes, and added that some 
animal, a (author of "The Task") haps, had 
managed to (author of essays written for the 
"Spectator") a few of the ears, but that there 
were plenty (author of "Last Rose of Sum- 
mer") for all. 

After lunch the different members of the 
party scattered to amuse themselves in various 
ways. One lady sat down near a (author of 
"Scarlet Letter") hedge to (author of "The 
Cloister and the Hearth") but she looked les« 
often at the printed (author of "Elsket and 
other Tales") than at the children who were 



58 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

having a good time together. A few of them 
were trying to (author of "The Man With- 
out a Country") a passing sailboat; four of 
them were playing (author of "In Memo- 
riam") the (nom de plume of author of 
"Fanchon the Cricket") and some of the boys 
were having a game of tag. One (author 
of "Evangeline") a very (author of "Gul- 
liver's Travels") runner was "it." Whenever 
any one had nearly caught him, he would 
(author of "Robert Elsmere") off the blow 
(author of "Hans Brinker") the arm out- 
stretched to (author of "A Bow of Orange 
Ribbon") his way, and reach the goal in 
safety. 

One of the party, a geologist, who had a 
theory that a (author of "Ye Rime of Ye 
Ancient Mariner") existed somewhere in 
the neighborhood wandered off with his 
hammer, and the professor of botany started 
out in search of some (author of "Tess of 
the D'Urbervilles") plant to analyze. He soon 
returned with a (nom de plume of the author 
of "Esther Reid") and displayed it to the 
children, showing them how the calyx forms 
a little (author of "Song of the Shirt"). 

One of the party now declared that the 
(author of "Elegy Written in a Country 
Churchyard") clouds covering the sky were 
trying to (author of "My Summer in a Gar- 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 59 



den") that a 
picnic party 
Lange Syne." 

i. Gay. 

2. Young. 

3. Holmes. 

4. May. 
5- Nye. 

6. Black. 

7. James. 

8. Bacon. 

9. Porter 

10. Lamb. 

11. Alcott. 

12. Scott. 

13. Dickens. 

14. Burns. 

15. Stowe. 

16. James. 

17. Browning. 

18. Cowper. 

19. Steele. 



storm was coming; and the 
broke up after singing "Auld 

KEY TO STORY. 

20. Moore. 

21. Hawthorne. 

22. Reed. 

23. Page. 

24. Hale. 

25. Tennyson. 

26. Sand. 

27. Longfellow. 

28. Swift. 

29. Ward. 

30. Dodge. 

31. Barr. 

32. Coleridge. 

33. Hardy. 

34. Pansy. 

35. Hood. 

36. Gray. 

37. Warner. 

••• 



A Lesson in Zoology. 

At one end of the room place an easel, with 
as many sheets of paper as there are persons 
present. Each guest is given a white card- 
board pallet and pencil, with the name of some 



60 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

animal written on a slip of paper, which they 
must keep secret. They are then seated in 
a semi-circle around the easel. No. i then 
draws his animal on the easel while the rest 
put down their guess as to what it may be on 
their pallets. No. 2 then draws, and so on 
through the list. After all have drawn, each 
passes his pallet to his left-hand neighbor to 
be corrected as the left hand neighbor may 
think right. The correct list is then read, and 
a prize awarded the one guessing the most 
animals correctly. 

Following this may be a wild animal hunt. 
Hide animal-crackers in all conceivable places, 
and then turn loose the hunters. According 
to the animal found, so they count; for ex- 
ample, a bird, a timid little creature, counts 
one; likewise cats. Dogs and cows may count 
two; horses, three; elephants, four; lions and 
tigers, seven, etc. The one who can count up 
the most points wins a prize. 

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A Floral Love Tale. 

A copy of the story, with the names of the 
flowers omitted, is given to each one present, 
then they must guess the blanks. 

1. There was a young lady called — Rose. 

2. Being quiet, the girls called her — Prim 

Rose. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS, 61 

3. When the men tried to hug her, she 

cried — Touch-me-not. 

4. So they called her a little — Wallflower. 

5. And every one said that never would — 

Rosemary. 

6. But in spite of their predictions, her lovers 

came in — Phlox. 

7. The name of the man she finally married, 

and with what he wrote it was — 
Jonquil. 

8. Before marriage, he often felt the need of 

a wife by losing his — Bachelor's-but- 
tons. 

9. She took him, because he — Aster. 

10. When he knelt before her, she said — 

Johnny Jump up. 

11. He was greatly her — Elder. 

\2. But still she did well, because she was 
wise enough to — Marigold. 

13. She was married at — Pour o'Clock. 

14. She was given away by her — Poppy. 

15. She was married by — J ack-in-the -Pulpit. 

16. She wore — Lady Slippers, Bridal Wreath, 

Orange-blossoms. 

17. The bridesmaids were said to be — Amer- 

ican Beauties. 

18. As it was winter, instead of throwing rice, 

they threw — Snowballs. 

19. When her husband was called away on 

business, she said — Forget-me-not 

20. When he was gone, she— Balsam. 



62 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

21. When he telegraphed his return was de- 

layed a — Yellow Rose. 

22. His favorite flowers were — Tulips. 

23. Her favorite candy was — Buttercups. 

24. Her husband was boss; but his rule was 

easy, because he used a Golden-rod. 

25. They lived happily for — Everlasting. 

••• 

A Song Party. 

Have as many papers as there are guests. 
The title of a familiar song is written on each 
piece of paper. Each member of the com- 
pany is given one; and, keeping the title 
secret from the others, must illustrate the 
song in drawing as well as he can. This being 
done, the illustrated songs are pinned to the 
wall, the titles turned in, each person is 
given another paper, and proceeds to guess 
what songs the illustrations represent. The 
songs are all numbered. The person guessing 
the most, and the one drawing the best illus- 
tration receive the prizes. 

For a Church social a musical program 
can be arranged by having some of the songs 
sung. 

Here are some songs that can be used. 
Many others can be added : 

1. "The Spider and Fly." 

2. "Two Little Girls in Blue." 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 63 

3. "Rocky-a-by Baby/' 

4. "Watch on the Rhine." 

5. "Coming thro' the Rye." 

6. "Star-Spangled Banner." 

7. "Last Rose of Summer." 

8. "When the Swallows Homeward Fly." 

9. "Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep." 

10. "The Campbells are Coming." 

11. "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground." 

12. "Old Black Joe." 
13 "Jack and Gill." 

14. "Sweet Marie." 

15. "The Lost Chord." 

16. "Mary had a Little Lamb." 

17. "Old Kentucky Home." 

18. "Jingle Bells." 

19. "After the Ball." 

20. "Comrades." 

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Conundrum Supper Menus. 

At these Conundrum Suppers the conun- 
drum part only appears on the bills of fare. 
The diner for 25 cents has the choice of a 
certain number of articles, say three, four, or 
five, and makes his own selection from this 
conundrum menu. 

1. What our grandmothers used to 

card Rolls. 

2. A playful Nanny-goat Butter. 



64 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

3. An unruly member Tongue. 

4. Impertinence Sauce. 

5. Girls' names Olives. 

6. Sidewalk slippers Bananas. 

7. What babies and brides receive. .. .Kisses. 

8. Boston's overthrow Tea. 

9. Eden's beverage Water. 

10. Boston's delight Beans. 

1 1. Staff of life Bread. 

12. Women of grit Sandwiches. 

13. Neighborhood contention Chicken. 

14. Worst form of cruelty to animals. .Catsup. 

15. Skippers' home Cheese. 

16. Berries from the islands of the seas. Coffee. 

17. Natives of Georgia Crackers. 

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A "Personal" Social. 

This idea comes from the West A copy of 
the following questions is given to each one 
present, and each question is to be answered 
by words that begin with the same letters as 
the initials of the answer. The funnier the 
answers, of course, the greater the merriment. 

1. Who are you? George Brown. 

2. If not yourself, who would you like to 

be? General Bov.langer. 

3. Where do you live? Great Boston. 

4. What is your opinion on the tariff? Good 

and Broad. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 65 

5. What is your latest fad? Getting Broke. 

6. Describe your character. Generally Bad. 

7. What is the height of your ambition? 

Great Brain. 

8. What is your favorite flower? Geranium 

Buds. 

9. What is your chief accomplishment? 

Growing Bananas. 
10. What is your favorite book? Godey's 
Bazar. 

••• 

Baby Party. 

Request every person present to bring the 
baby picture of himself or herself. As they 
enter the social hall these pictures are col- 
lected and numbered, and are pinned to the 
wall in another room. While they are being 
arranged the following program can be 
rendered : 

1. Piano Solo. "Schlummerlied" — Schumann. 

2. Song. "Winter's Lullaby" — De Koven. 

3. Recitation. "Little Boy Blue"— James Wit- 

comb Riley. 

4. Violin Solo. "Berceuse from Jocelyn" — 

Goddard. 

5. Recitation. Selected — Riley. 

6. Song. "Where did you Come from, Baby 

Dear?" 

7. Vocal Quartet. "Emmett's Lullaby." 



66 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

Following this program give to each person 
a pencil and paper, numbered according to 
the number of photos, take the company into 
the other room, have them guess who the 
pictures are. This is very amusing. A doll 
dressed in baby clothes can be given as a prize, 
and very simple refreshments should be served. 

••• 

Uniting Families. 

For entertaining a visiting Society the fol- 
lowing is very amusing: Select from your 
own Society a family of four, father, mother, 
and two children, a childless married couple, 
a family of three, and an odd one. Place them 
in a row on the platform, each one placarded 
with a big number. Then give the visitors 
paper and pencil, and have them fit the families 
together according to number. The results, 
when read, will cause great merriment. 

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Conundrum Social. 

To half the people present give a conundrum 
each, the conundrums being written on slips 
of paper. To the other half pass the answers 
of these conundrums. The questions then pro- 
ceed to hunt their answers. All being found, 
each conundrum, with its answer, forms a 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 67 

couple who are partners for the evening. To 
each couple is now given a new conundrum 
written on a slip of paper without the answer. 
All couples being supplied, five minutes are 
given them in which to guess their riddle. At 
the end of that time order is called, and each 
couple, in turn, reads their conundrum and 
gives the answer. If they have not been able 
to guess it, it then becomes public property, 
and the first couple calling out the answer re- 
ceives that conundrum. If no one can guess 
it, it is laid on the table. To the couple guess- 
ing the most give a box of candy, or some- 
thing that can be shared. Also offer a prize 
for the best original conundrum propounded. 

A FEW CONUNDRUMS. 

1. Who was the shortest man in the Old Tes- 

tament? Bildad, the Shuhite. 

2. Who is the shortest man mentioned in the 

New Testament? Peter, because silver 
and gold had he none. 

3. What sacred song did Adam use in Para- 

dise? Eve'n Me. 

4. Why did Joseph's brothers put him into 

the pit? They thought it a good open- 
ing for a young man. 

5. When is money first mentioned in the 

Bible? When the dove carried the 
green back. 



68 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

6. Why was Eve not afraid of the measles? 

Because she'd Adam. 

7. Who was the greatest financier ever 

known? Noah, because he floated his 
stock when the world was in liquida- 
tion. 

8. Why was Elijah translated? Possibly be- 

cause he was not understood in his own 
language. 

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An Evening with the Darkies. 

PROGRAM. 

1. Music. Audience will join in singing 

"Suwannee River." 

2. Paper. "The Negro's Contribution to 

Music." (Dvorak shows the influence 
of the Negro melodies upon American 
music.) 

3. Piano. Selected — Dvorak. 

4. Paper. "The Negro as a Reformer." 

(Fred Douglass, Booker Washington.) 

5. Reading. Selections from Booker Wash- 

ington. 

6. Music. Vocal solo, "Swing Low, Sweet 

Chariot." 

7. Paper. "The Negro in Literature." (Paul 

Laurence Dunbar; Dumas.) 

8. Recitation. Selection from Paul Laurence 

Dunbar. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 69 

9. Music. Solo and quartet, "Massa's in the 

Cold, Cold Ground." 
10. Music. Audience will sing "Aunt Dinah's 

Quilting Party." 



A Literary Party. 

Set as many tables as you have invited 
guests, placing four to a table. At each table 
place four chairs, one ballot-box, four pencils, 
and ninety-six slips of paper, in piles of twenty- 
four. Seat your guests at the tables, then let 
the hostess read, omitting the answers, the 
following list, allowing two minutes for each 
question, during which time each guest is to 
put a slip, containing her own name and the 
title of a book, as an answer, into the ballot- 
box. When done, remove the ballot-boxes, 
and compare answers. To the one having 
guessed the most give a prettily bound book. 
To the one coming out worst give a blank- 
book. Clear the little tables, and serve 
luncheon on them : 

1. What kind of stock does a lumber mer- 

chant use? "Woodstock"— Scott. 

2. If Havana had belonged to the successor 

of David; what would have blown up 
the Maine? "King Solomon's Mines" 
— Haggard. 



70 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

3. What were the daughters of Jefferson 

Davis during the Civil War? "Two 
Little Confederates" — Page. 

4. Who led the Caledonians to war? "Scot- 

tish Chiefs" — Porter. 

5. People who haven't a fire in winter live 

in a — what? "Bleak House" — Dickens. 

6. If Leo XIII had come from the Blue Grass 

State, what would he have been before 
he was made pope? "A Kentucky 
Cardinal" — Allen. 

7. What might a Frenchman call the lower 

classes in Cuba? "Les Miserables" — 
Hugo. 

8. What would a girl be who didn't like 

pretty clothes? "Not Like Other Girls" 
— Carey. 

9. What might a Hebrew peddler be called? 

"The Wandering Jew" — Sue. 
10. What is Cuba at present? "Under Two 
Flags" — Ouida. 
When does a man have the most fun? 
"When a Man's Single" — Barrie. 

12. If an American were introduced to the 

wife of a duke, to whom would he 
bow? "The Duchess" — The Duchess. 

13. Where are the Spanish fleets? "Twenty 

Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" — 
Verne. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 71 

14. What would a man have who was heir 

to twenty millions? "Great Expecta- 
tions" — Dickens. 

15. What do sailors use a searchlight to see? 

"Ships that Pass in the Night"— 
Harraden. 

16. If the sun should be eclipsed for a week, 

what would be the result? "Dark 
Days" — Conway. 

17. What were a number of New York Rough 

Riders? "Soldiers of Fortune" — Davis. 

18. What is a prima donna who keeps engage- 

ments in many cities? "A Roman 
Singer" — Crawford. 

19. What was Apollo? "A Fair God"— 

Wallace. 

20. What do friends discuss after a separa- 

tion of years? "Auld Lang Syne" — 
Maclaren. 

21. How is the fourth book of the gospel 

written? "According to St. John" — 
Rives. 

22. What are chief faults of an Englishman? 

"Pride and Prejudice"— Austen. 

23. What is the result of having hot rolls for 

breakfast ? "Butterflies"— Allen. 

24. What were the Spaniards at the battle of 

San Juan Hill? "The Quick or the 
Dead" — Rives, 



72 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 



A Floral Love Tale. 

Fair a maiden was, 

was her lover, 
Their path was twined with , it did 

not run through ; 

The raven were, her cheeks 

a lovely 

She wore fine to warm her 

small toes; 

Her was an who had a 

of gold, 

An awful old to make one's blood 

run cold; 
His temper was like , his daughter's 

heart he wrung 
With words both fierce and bitter; he had 

an 

The lover's hair was like the , of pure 

Germanic type, 
He wore a , and he smoked 

a ; 

He sent by the pound, and choicest 



She painted him , the bluest ever 

seen; 
He could n't serenade her within the 

dark, 
For every he tried it, her father's 

bark. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 73 
And so he set a certain day to meet at 



Her face was pale as , e'en whiter 

than her frock. 
The lover vowed he 'd and die if she 

would say him "No," 
And then he up and kissed her, beneath the 



"My love will , my sweet, will you 

be true? 
Give me a little , say only, I love 



She faltered that for him alone she 'd 

wear, 

Then swayed like supple , and tore her 



For, than a hornet, before them stood 

her pop; 
He swore he 'd the fellow until he 

made him 

"O, quickly up * she cried : "You '11 

the day, 

Most cruel father ! Haste, my dear, and 

fly away !" 

But that inhuman parent so plied his 

rod there 
He settled all flirtation between that hapless 



The youth a monastery sought, and donned a 
black 



74 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 



The maid ate 

within the wood. 



, and died 



i. Mary gold. 

2. Sweet William. 

3. Bittersweet. 

4. Clover. 

5. Maiden tresses. 

6. Rose. 

7. Ladyslippers. 

8. Pink. 

9. Poppy. 

10. Elder. 

11. Mint. 

12. Snapdragon. 

13. Peppergrass. 

14. Adder's tongue 



KEY TO STORY. 

23. Dogwood. 

24. Four o'clock. 

25. Snowdrops. 

26. Pine. 

27. Mistletoe. 

28. Live-for-ever. 

29. Heart's-ease. 

30. Yew. 

31. Orange blossoms 

32. Willow. 

33. Maiden hair. 

34. Madder. 
35- Beet. 

36. Hop. 

37. Rosemary. 



15. Flax. 

16. Dutchman's breeches. 38. Rue. 

17. Dutchman's pipe. 39. Lettuce. 

18. Marshmallows. 

19. Wintergreen. 

20. Forget-me-nots. 

21. Nightshade. 

22. Thyme. 



40. Birch. 

41. Pear. 

42. Monk's hood. 

43. Poison Ivy. 



A "Senses" Party. 

This may be given as a church or as a 
home entertainment. For a church, use five 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 75 

separate classrooms, and to each room have 
one or more custodians, as the number of 
guests may require. Each guest is provided 
with paper and pencil. In the first room have 
a table with about twenty different objects on 
it to be seen, such as a comb and brush, a 
bell, a shoe, a pincushion, a thimble, a dish, 
a glove, a book, a pen, etc. In the second 
room have a table with twelve bottles of uni- 
form size containing strong-smelling sub- 
stances, such as vinegar, perfume, ammonia, 
camphor, vanilla, turpentine, onion juice, 
peppermint, cloves, mustard, cinnamon, and 
Tabasco sauce. Paste paper around these 
bottles, for the contents are to be swelled, not 
seen. 

In the third room have a table containing 
twelve things to taste, such as sugar, salt, 
pepper, lemon juice, nutmeg, cinnamon, soda, 
allspice, quinine, cream tartar, flour, olive oil. 

In the fourth room have a table with twelve 
objects on it to feel, such as ice, candle, ivory 
soap, peeled banana, a stuffed glove, a ball, an 
apple, a paperweight, a wooden ruler, scissors 
stuck into a cork, and a pincushion. 

In the fifth room have a mouth-harp, a horn, 
a bell, a gong, a drum,' any musical or noisy 
instruments you can get, and sound them al- 
together for the hearing. 

The guests are taken into room I, and 



76 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

slowly walk around the table, and out again, 
and then are told to write what they saw. 
Only a minute or two must be allowed for 
observing. In room 2 they are given a couple 
of minutes to smell, then go out to write. In 
room 3 they are to taste. In room 4 they must 
be blindfolded before they feel; also in room 
5, so they may not see the instruments. After 
each visit to the different rooms they must 
write out what they saw, smelled, tasted, felt, 
and heard. A prize may be given to the one 
guessing the most. 

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Favorite Hymns. 

A SUGGESTION. 

Ask six of your older members to come pre- 
pared with their favorite hymn, and give each 
five minutes in which to tell why it is their 
favorite, what about it appeals to them, and, 
if they wish, something about the writer and 
the conditions under which it was written. 
For the musical program, have the six selected 
hymns rendered either in congregational sing- 
ing, as solos, as quartets, or instrumentally. 
For the last, you will find many of the old 
hymns arranged in variations for piano. Of 
course you will have to know what hymns 
have been selected as favorites long enough 
in advance to prepare the musical program. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 77 

A Shakespearean Romance. 

1. Who were the lovers in this romance? 

Romeo and Juliet. 

2. What was their courtship like? Mid- 

summer Nighfs Dream. 

3. What was her answer to his proposal? As 

You Like It. 

4. Of whom did he buy the ring? The Mer- 

chant of Venice. 

5. What time of the month were they mar- 

ried? Twelfth Night. 

6. Who were the best man and maid of 

honor? Anthony and Cleopatra. 

7. Who were the ushers? Two Gentlemen 

of Verona. 

8. Who gave the reception? The Merry 

Wives of Windsor. 

9. In what kind of a place did they live? 

Hamlet. 

10. What caused their first quarrel? Much 

Ado About Nothing. 

11. What was her disposition like? The 

Tempest. 

12. What was his chief occupation after mar- 

riage ? Taming the Shrew. 

13. What did they give each other? Measure 

for Measure. 

14. What did their courtship prove to be? 

Loves Labor Lost. 



78 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

15. What did their home life resemble? 

Comedy of Errors. 

16. What Roman ruler brought about a recon- 

ciliation? Julius Caesar. 

17. What did their friends say of their mar- 

riage? All's Well That Ends Well. 
••• 
A Half Hour With Kate. 

The couplets each describe a word, the last 
syllable of which is "Kate." The words them- 
selves must be omitted from the papers passed 
to the guests, 

1. Off her throne she often goes 

Of her own free will, why, no one knows. 
Abdicate. 

2. This Kate's tongue is often long, 
And carries news her friends among. 

Communicate. 

3. What's yours she claims — a wrong, 'tis 

true; 
But this is what our Kate will do. 
Confiscate. 

4. Small and petite — this too, I state, 
"O Frailty, your name is Kate!" 

Delicate. 

5. Most of the teachers are trying now 
To make good use of Kate, I trow. 

Educate. 

6. Where'er this Kate is known to be, 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 79 

There 's nothing left for you or me. 
Eradicate. 

7. To tell the truth, erect and straight 
Can ne'er be said of either Kate. 

Prevaricate. 

8. She'll show you the way, clear and true, 
And direct you right the whole way 

through. 
Indicate. 

9. Confused and mazy, you '11 own, no doubt, 
There 's trouble in finding this Kate out. 

Intricate. 

10. If an unknown route you wish to trace, 
Just ask this Kate, she '11 know the place. 

Locate. 

11. The machine runs smooth, with ne'er a 

grate, 
If to the wheels you apply this Kate. 
Lubricate. 

12. This Kate appears at the dining-table, 
To choose her food she is amply able. 

Masticate. 

13. I wonder, ponder, and meditate, 

I '11 ask grammarians about this Kate. 
Predicate. 

14. Come rain or snow, come breeze or blow, 
This Kate will always let you know. 

Prognosticate. 

15. When balmy summer breezes blow, 



80 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

To the country this Kate will surely go. 
Rusticate. 

16. This Kate wants our street railway; 
If she gets it, I hope 't will pay. 

Syndicate. 

17. To pay your rent you would much rather, 
Than have this Kate with all her bother. 

Vacate. 

18. This Kate's ends and aims are just, 
She's one of those whom you can trust. 

Vindicate. 

19. Of times and talents this Kate will give 
An ample store that she may live. 

Dedicate. 

20. But if the gas should she blow out, 
Here ends her life, without a doubt. 

Suffocate. 

§•• 

A "Knighthood" Party. 

Each definition is written on a separate slip 
of paper, and then a definition is pinned on 
every person present, the definitions being num- 
bered from 1 to 30. A pencil and a paper 
numbered from 1 to 30 is given to each per- 
son, and they proceed to guess the "sirs." The 
one guessing the most correctly in a given time 
receives the honor of knighthood. 

1. Sir— little brain Cerebellum. 

2. Sir — to sail around Circumnavigate. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 81 

3. Sir — one whose profession is to 

cure external diseases Surgeon. 

4. Sir — an attentive view Survey. 

5. Sir — to pass from place to place. .Circulate. 

6. Sir — a discourse delivered in 

public Sermon. 

7. Sir — the exterior of anything Surface. 

8. Sir — a ring Circle. 

9. Sir — family name Surname. 

10. Sir — a garment worn by clergy. . .Surplice. 

11. Sir — an incident Circumstance. 

12. Sir — employment Service. 

13. Sir — suspicion Surmise. 

14. Sir — a genus of plants Syringa. 

15. Sir — the line that encompasses a 

figure Circumference. 

16. Sir — to overfeed Surfeit. 

17. Sir — the act of passing round Circuit. 

18. Sir — the sweet juice of vegetables ... Sirup. 

19. Sir — that which remains Surplus. 

20. Sir — existing in fact and truth. .. .Certain. 

21. Sir — an open area for games and 

shows Circus. 

22. Sir — to work for Serve. 

23. Sir — crabbed, gloomy Surly. 

24. Sir — to remain alive .Survive. 

25. Sir — ending in itself Circular. 

26. Sir — a written testimony not 

sworn to CerMcate. 

27. Sir — to take unawares Surprise. 



82 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 

28. Sir — producing tendrils, as a 

plant Ceriferous. 

29. Sir — a loin of beef Sirloin. 

30. Sir — instrument for injecting 

liquids Syringe. 

•#• 

A May-Day Social. 

First present a miscellaneous program, the 
numbers all pertaining to May. For example: 

1. Piano Solo. "Spring Song" — Mendels- 

sohn (or "Narcissus," Nevins). 

2. Reading. "Song of Spring" — Edward 

Youl. 

3. Vocal Solo. "Spring Night" — Schumann. 

4. Reading. "The May Queen" — Tennyson. 

5. Vocal Duet. "O, that We Two were May- 

ing !"— Smith. 

6. Reading. "May Evening" — Bryant. 

7. Violin Solo. "Spring's Awakening" (arr.) 

—Bach. 

Following the program, give each person a 
pencil and a copy of the following conun- 
drums, entitled "Let us all a-Maying go." 
They must guess the answers, which are all 
spring flowers. A prize may be given for this. 

1. The fruit of the dairy and a chalice. 

Buttercup. 

2. The time of lovers and what sometimes 

breeds love. Spring beauty. 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 83 

3. An adjective and the name of a man. 

Sweet William. 

4. The name of a youth, and the need of a 

poet. Jonquil. 

5. A youth who died of his own beauty. 

Narcissus. 

6. A fop and the king of beasts. Dandelion. 

7. What a maid oft gives her lover. Tulips. 

8. A bird, and what the farmer considers him. 

Crocus. 

9. The seasons. Pepper and salt. 

10. A maiden's name, and what we desire. 

Marigold. 

11. A high hill, and a wreath of victory. 

Mountain laurel. 

12. A popular preacher. Jack-in-the-pnlpit. 

13. A month and a flower. Mayflower. 

14. The support of the body, and the support 

of the plant. Bloodroot. 

15. An animal, and the place where this flower 

grows. Dogwood. 

16. To be strictly truthful. Lilac. 

17. Part of a certain foreigner's apparel. 

Dutchman 3 s breeches. 

18. To strive; an interjection; to permit. 

Violet. 

For refreshments, serve strawberries and 
cream, or make it a "picnic lunch/' and give 
each guest a little box with a sandwich, hard 
boiled egg, pickles and olives, and a paper 
napkin. 



84 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 
An Unfortunate. 1 LI. 

A MUSICAL STORY.' 

It happened one morning not a very 2 (. 
ago, that a farmer by the name of s ( /u J J j~j) 

set out for Cincinnati to sell a load of VJ M^) 
and to buy a b {p.f.). His horse was not very 
young, and recently his 6 (jj) movement was about 
1 (largo tranquilo), but when he had gone a lit- 
tle more than 8 (i?E) of the distance he unex- 
pectedly took fright at a stranger who carried a 
large \(fa ) in one hand and a 10 (|) of ducks 

in the other, and rushing down a u { fy *«U - J- ) 

where the road made a 12 ( (fo ^J )> he upset the 

load, throwing the farmer 13 (J?) on his 1 \tfoJ*~7j ) 
At first he seemed a little dazed and somewhat 
off his 16 (|i). He got a 16 (P) ino his head that 

an earthquake had made his load W{~~) so that 
he lost his 18 (^), and that a great ground 
19 (-= =~) made the road pitch and roll like a 

ship in a 20 ( /T v ' )• However, in a 21 (l 1^1 1) time 
he recovered his consciousness in a great 22 ( ) 



PROGRAMS AND POINTERS. 85 

^(poco a poco). The stranger came to help on 

a 2 ^j~>~s 2^r~ ) an ^ sai( i tne Y would have 



9 

things fixed in 26 ($). It took them but a 26 (|) 
to get some 27 Hzt±) from the fence, right up the 
wagon, put every 28 ( w^d=) in place and 2 \^J) 
them on with a ^(e£e), making everything 



^(allegro). The horse ceased to 32 (J*) and they 
started again. Having reached Cincinnati the 
farmer sold his grain to a dealer in 33 ( J J* J), 
and bought a new u (p.f.) at Smith & Nixon's, 

who do business on a large ^( /K r jj* 1 ^ *""^ . 

He paid Hfej-J-J-') of the price in cash and gave 
a ^(gi) over his own ^ (^bE) for the 88 ( t /). On 
his way back he did not 40 (— h|) his morning's ex- 



perience, but safely reached his journey's 



This story is printed in large letters on large 
sheets of paper, where the company can easily 
read it. Each person present is given a pencil 
and a paper numbered from i to 41, and fill 
out the story by guessing the parentheses, A 



86 PROGRAMS AND POINTERS, 



toy musical instrument or a copy of the latest 
coon song may be the prize. 



KEY TO STORY. 



1. Pitch. 

2. Long time. 

3. Gage. 

4. Oats. 

5. Piano. 

6. Natural. 

7. Slow, easy. 

8. Quarter. 

9. Staff, 

10. Brace. 

11. Descent. 

12. Double sharp turn. 

13. Flat. 

14. Face. 

15. Base. 

16. Crochet. 

17. Shake. 

18. Hold. 

19. Swell. 

20. High C. 

21. Brief. 



22. Measure. 

23. Little by little. 

24. Run. 

25. Double time. 

26. Short time. 

27. Bars. 

28. Bag. 

29. Tie. 

30. Cord. 

31. Fast. 

32. Quaver. 
33- Oats. 

34. Piano forte. 

35. Scale. 

36. Half. 

37. Note. 

38. Signature. 

39. Rest. 

40. Repeat. 

41. End. 



INDEX. 



A Page 

Advertiser, Evening, 55 

Aim of Literary Department, - 7 

Allusions, Poetical, 35 

Art Collection, - 43 

B 

Baby Party, 65 

Barrie Program, 16 

Bean Supper, 20 

Bible, Kvenings with, - - - - 31 

Bird Neighbors, ------ 14 

Book Concern, - 35 

Books Illustrated, 55 

Book-making, 13 

Book Reviews, 13 

Butterfly Party, 52 

Bryant Evening, ------ 36 

C 

Cake Party, - 48 

Camera Program, - - - - - 29 

Characters, Noted, 49 

Church Weekly, 13 

Churches of Methodism, Great, 35 

Churches, Famous, of All Creeds, - - 21 

Contemporary Great Men, - - - 17 

Conundrum Social, 66 

D 

Darkies, An Evening with, 68 

Do n'ts, 9, 14 

87 



88 INDEX. 



E Pagr 

Evening with Baby, - 65 

Bible, 31 

Bryant, - 36 

Darkies, - - - - 68 

Industries, 19 

Zoology, - - - - 59 

Excursion, Fishing, - - 40 

F 

Families, Uniting, 66 

Favorite Hymns, 76 

Fishing Excursion, 40 

Floral Love Tale, 60, 72 

Flower Tableaux, ----- 37 

G 

Great Men, Contemporary, 13 

H 

Hall of Curios, 43 

Hints, 7 

History, Local, Program, - - - - 28 

" Church, 14 

Hospitals of Methodism, - - - - 35 

Hymns, Favorite, 76 

" National, 22 

I 

Illustrated Books, 55 

Industries, Evenings with, - - - - 19 

Introduction, - - - - - - 3 

K 

Kate, Half Hour with, - - 78 

Knighthopd Party, 80 

[ Lot C. 



INDEX. 89 

L Page 

Latest Social, 23 

Literary Department, Aim,- 7 

" Vice-President, ... 9 

Party, ------ 69 

Longfellow Program, - . . 15 

Love Tale, Floral, - - - - 60, 72 

Lowell Program, 15 

M 

Magazine Evening, 33 

Magazine Social, 16 

Masters, Old, 26 

May-Day Social, 82 

Measuring Social, 17 

Menus, 63 

Methodism and the Book Concern, - 36 

" Great Churches of, - - - 35 

" Hospitals, - 36 

Musical Story, 84 

Mythology, Classic Program, - - - 16 

N 

Nations, Game of, - * - - 50 

National Hymns, 22 



Party, Baby, - 65 

" Butterfly, 52 

" Cake, 48 

" Literary, 69 

" Senses, - - - - - - 74 

" Song, 62 

Personal Social, - 64 

"Pi" Social, - 40 

Picnic, Winter, - 56 

Pitch, Unfortunate, 84 

Poetical Allusions, ----- 35 



90 INDEX. 

Page 

Pointers, ------- ^ 

Program, The, - - - - - - 9 

Programs, Wrong Kind, - - - 10 
Suggested, 19, 29 

R 

Russian Evening, 33 

S 

Senses Party, 74 

Shakespearean Romance, - - 77 

Social, Conundrum, - - - - - 66 

Song Party, ------ 62 

Sovereigns, Reigning,- - - - - 34 

Suggestions for Programs, - - 13, 14, 19 

Supper, Conundrum, 63 

Swap Parties, - 23 

T 

Tableaux, Flower, 37 

"T" Test, 53 

Ten Virgins, Tableaux, - - - - 24 

Travel, Modes of, - 30 

Trip Around the World, - - - - 45 

U 

Uniting Families, 66 

V 

Vacation Reports, 14 

Valentine Social, 38 

W 

Winter's Evening Picnic, - - - - 56 

Z 

Zoology Evening, 59 



DEC 13 1902 



